Failing to show any emotion he told the lads – Dan Osborne, Mario Falcone and James Lock - "I love her to pieces but she's boring as f**k."

He also admitted that he was feeling ‘strangely alright’ about their split and that he “was sort of hoping she would f**k up” prior to her calling time on their relationship.

The episode aired as it was revealed he had been sending "eye-popping" tweets to X Factor hopeful Lydia Lucy while dating TOWIE co-star Jessica Wright.

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Love rat Ricky - who has now come off Twitter - sent Lydia a series of flirty messages, saying "you look amazing", adding he would “be happy to see more”.

Red headed Lydia, who is in a long term relationship, at first thought the reality star, who was in a very public relationship at the time, was joking.

But the steamy messages continued, forcing Lydia to end their chat. She denies flirting back.

The news will come as a further blow to his now ex Jessica Wright, because not only did he admit to flirting with other girls behind her back,he also dissed her by telling her castmates she is rubbish in bed.

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A source close to Ricky and Jess, 29, says: “Ricky doesn’t feel bad, he only feels bad for not feeling bad.

"He’s told everyone he was waiting for Jess to screw up so he could finish things anyway.

“He’s been saying that their relationship has been in such a bad place that bedroom activity has been non-existent.”

The source continues: “Ricky felt that he had changed a lot to be with Jess. He has told his mates that the reason he was texting the other girl was because he was horny and they weren’t having sex. He also thinks Jess is boring.”